<p>I just finished visiting 4 schools Thurs/Fri. I noticed that very often there will be parents that ask the tour guide questions and make sure they are in the front of the crowd by the guide. I absolutely hate this since I'm one who wants to be near the tour guide and ask questions. Does anyone else notice this? For heavens sake I don't think my dad would dare to speak for me. If these parents are gunna do all the talking for their kid, what will they do when they send DS or DD or whatever to college</p>
<p>i always disliked this. especially at higher-end schools, there always seems to be the parent that is, what’s the word i’m looking for, overbearing?, with their kids. they push them towards the front and ask all the questions and the kid just stands there. what happens when they get thrown into the real world?!</p>
<p>horror story: a girl my older sister rooms with, when on one her accepted students day with her father, was taken aback when at the end, her father stated to her “i like it here, you’re gonna go here, okay? i just dropped the deposit off at the financial aid office.” not right. it should be mainly the kid’s choice. they’re the one that has to spend 4 of the most important years of their lives there, right? thankfully my parents don’t do this to me haha</p>
<p>Every time we’ve been on a college tour, there is always one parent that asks, “Do you have good fraternities here?” It’s pretty funny—and makes me glad that I did everything myself regarding my own college applications.</p>
<p>I’ve also noticed the large “Parental Information” allotments on college websites.</p>
<p>I can’t tell you how many times my dad and I would look at each other and just roll our eyes at some of these ridiculous parents. I’ll be honest, 90% of the questions asked are trivial nonsense. At the top schools, what gets under my skin the most is when parents ask these inconsequential questions as if their child has already gotten into the university. It really, really irritates me. I remember parents asking about swimming tests or bus rates or other meaningless drivel. The best part is that they follow these questions with jotting down the answers in the notebooks that they bring. Really? Really? Especially at good schools where admission is anything but guaranteed, some questions are pertinent in understanding how well you like the university. Academics, maybe even weather, campus size, but swimming tests? Oh god, I wish I could rip those notebooks out of their hands, take their pen or pencil, and write down “Idiot.” </p>
<p>Sorry, it’s just the nerve of some people!</p>
<p>I seriously hate the people who look like journalists with their goddamn notebooks.</p>
<p>I agree with many of the complaints but I am going to come to the defense of those of us (me, a dad) who makes his way to the front. I’ve often been disappointed and a little shocked when a school decides to let a mouse voiced sophomore try and lead a tour of 30+people. I can’t count how many times I’ve heard the phrase, “Could you speak up please?”.</p>
<p>Worse still, as I get older two things keep happening: Things need to be further away for me to read them and other things need to be closer for me to hear them.</p>